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RAF Morse School at Olympia, Blackpool by Charles Cundall, oil on canvas

Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, L001-1803

Cundall produced a series of panoramic views of Admiralty and Air Ministry subjects for his Official War Artist commissions in the Second World War. In this work a large cohort of RAF wireless operators undergo initial training to decipher Morse Code.

RAF Morse School at Olympia, Blackpool by Charles Cundall, oil on canvas, © RAF Museum / RAF Museum

Fighter Affiliation: Halifax and Hurricane by Walter Thomas Monnington, oil on canvas

Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, L001-1755

This is one of two paintings representing a Fighter Affiliation exercise in which the crew of a Halifax bomber were trained to out-manoeuvre a naturally faster and more agile Hurricane fighter. The exercise was designed to emulate the real-life situations faced by bomber crew pursued by enemy fighters, enabling them to practice positioning their turrets and gunsights, and make evasive manoeuvres, in response to attacks from challenging angles. This painting's companion picture is in the collection of Imperial War Museums (LD 3769).

Fighter affiliation: Halifax and Hurricane by Walter Thomas Monnington, © RAF Museum / RAF Museum

Ferry Pilots by Ethel Gabain, lithograph

Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, L001-1883

Ethel Gabain produced two Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA) subjects for her Official War Artist commission about ‘women doing men’s work in wartime’. In this work she represents female pilots departing from Hatfield aerodrome in a Tiger Moth.

Ferry Pilots by Ethel Gabain, lithograph, Crown copyright: expired. / RAF Museum

Eden Hotel, Berlin by Julius Stafford-Baker, graphite and watercolour on paper

Fine Art, 1945, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, L001-1809

During Germany’s Weimar Republic (1918-1933), Berlin’s elegant Eden Hotel was a hub for artists, writers and actors, but later became a meeting place for Nazi party officials. In November 1943 the hotel was destroyed in RAF Bomber Command’s devastating Battle of Berlin campaign.

Eden Hotel, Berlin by Julius Stafford-Baker, graphite and watercolour on paper, Crown Copyright (expired) / RAF Museum

Excavating Tunnel for RAF Control Rooms: Maltese Miners by Leslie Cole, oil on canvas.

Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, L001-1834

After selling numerous Home Front pictures to the War Artists’ Advisory Committee, Cole was appointed an Official War Artist. For his first commission in 1943 he recorded the German Siege of Malta in its last months.

Excavating a tunnel for RAF Control Rooms: Maltese Miners by Leslie Cole, Crown copyright: expired / RAF Museum

Ground Operational Exercise (GROPE) by Leslie Cole, oil on canvas.

Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, L001-1756

Leslie Cole’s painting represents a ground operational exercise or 'GROPE' – a form of synthetic training for air crew which, to test concentration, simulated the demanding navigational conditions of a bombing raid.

Ground Operational Exercise, oil on canvas, by Leslie Cole, oil on canvas,1943, Crown copyright: expired.

Underground Bomb Store by David Bomberg, charcoal on paper.

Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, L001-1747

In April 1942, for his Official War Artist commission, David Bomberg spent a fortnight 90 feet underground in the vast bomb store of RAF Fauld, Burton-on-Trent, where he saw bombs being loaded on to racks, ready for use.

Underground Bomb Store by David Bomberg. Charcoal on paper., Crown copyright (expired).

A Group of Polish Pilots by Patrick Procktor, oil on canvas

Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, FA05630

In 1964 Patrick Procktor was one of the 'New Generation' of exciting young artists, celebrated in the Whitechapel Art Gallery’s exhibition of that title. The exhibition also championed the work of his friend David Hockney, and Bridget Riley and Patrick Caulfield, among others. Although he was respected in the 1960s art scene, he did not follow dominant artworld trends, choosing conventional genres including portraiture and travel landscapes. Prockor, who was gay, mostly painted men.

A Group of Polish Pilots by Patrick Procktor, oil on canvas, The Estate of Patrick Procktor and the Redfern Gallery, London. / RAF Museum

Study for Bristol Aeroplane Company, Corsham by Olga Lehmann, graphite on paper

Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, X008-7550

A versatile painter, illustrator and designer, Olga Lehmann was one of few wartime artists who received steady commissions outside of the Official War Artists’ scheme.

Study for BAC Underground Factory, Corsham by Olga Lehmann, The artist's estate

Spitfires on a Camouflaged Runway by Eric Ravilious, watercolour on paper

Fine Art, London, Art Gallery, Hangar Three, L001-1791

After his first assignment with the Admiralty, from February 1942 Official War Artist Eric Ravilious worked on Air Ministry subjects.

Spitfires on a Camouflaged Runway by Eric Ravilious, watercolour on paper, Crown copyright: expired RAF Museum / RAF Museum